Rubber stamp pencil combination



Feb 3, 1953 A. D. CLAGGETT ET AL 2,627,227

RUBBER STAMP PENCIL COMBINATION Filed Jan. 7, 1949 JNVENToRs 4l/.55er D. 62466577' By DAV/o MMV/LAE@ ATTOQNV Patented Feb. 3, 1953 RUBBER STAMP PENCIL COMBINATION Albert D. Ciaggett, Denver, and David lI/i. Miller, Hugo, Colo.; said Claggett assignor to said Miller Application January 7, 1949, Serial No. 69,794

1 Claim.

the rubber stamp portion of the device when not in use.

Other objects and advantages reside in the detail construction of the invention, which is designed for simplicity, economy, and efficiency.

These will become more apparent from the following description.

In the following detailed description of the invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing which forms a part hereof. Like numerals refer to like parts in all views of the drawing and throughout the description.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the improved pencil and rubber stamp device;

Fig. 2 is a similar view partially broken away to show the interior construction;

Fig. 3 illustrates the device with the rubber stamp exposed ready for use;

Fig. 4 is a side view of the improved instrument, looking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the rubber stamp ready for use;

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of the rubber stamp portion of the device; and

Fig. '7 is a cross-section through the cap employed on the improved instrument.

The improved rubber stamp is designed to be mounted upon any of the usual mechanical pens or pencils. In the drawing, a mechanical pencil of any of the conventional types is indicated at I0, with its pencil lead at II. The rear extremity of such a pencil is usually open for receiving an eraser or an ornamental plug.

This device is applied in this open extremity and consists of a tubular sleeve I2 from which a semi-cylindrical arm I3 extends. The arm is preferably a portion of the sleeve I2 formed by cutting back one side of the latter.

The extremity of the arm I2 terminates in two hinge ears I4 through which a hinge pin I5 extends. A U-shaped hinge bracket I6 is rotatably mounted on the pin I5. The bracket I6 is soldered or otherwise secured to the back of a channel-shaped type bar I1.

The position of the hinge pin I5 relative to the bar I1 is such that the latter may fold into the concave side of the arm I3, as shown in Fig. 2, or may fold transversally of the arm I3, resting against the extremity of the latter, as shown in Fig. 3. The bar I'I is constantly urged to the position of Fig. 3 by means of a spring I8 which is 2 coiled about the pin I5, with its extremities bearing against the arm I3 and the bar Il.

The channel shape of the bar il' is designed to frictionally engage a plurality of rubber type I9 forming the word or words which it is desired to impress with the stamp. The bar I'I is held in the folded position of Fig. 2 by means of a cylindrical cap 20 which fits over the extremity oi the pencil Ill. The cap is lined with a cylindrical, saturated ink pad I of felt or similar absorbent material.

When being used as a pencil, the cap 20 remains in place. When it is desired to use the rubber stamp, the cap is simply removed, allowing the spring I8 to snap the bar I'I to the crosswise position of Fig. 3, presenting its inked type faces for use. To return the stamp it is only necessary to slip the cap 20 over the right-hand extremity of the bar I'I in Fig. 3, and then to turn the cap into alignment with the pencil I0, allowing it to be pushed into place thereover, with the type faces resting against the saturated ink pad.

While a speciiic form of the improvement has been described and illustrated herein, it is to be understood that the same may be varied, within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired secured by Letters Patent is:

A rubber stamp adapted to be mounted upon a pencil, comprising: a tubular sleeve arranged to receive the rear extremity of the pencil; an arm extending from said sleeve alongside of and parallel tc the axis thereof; a type-holding bar; hinge means mounting said bar on the extremity of said arm so that the bar may be folded from a position parallel to said arm to a position across the extremity of the latter; a tubular cap member surrounding said arm and said bar when the latter is in the above parallel position, one extremity of said cap being open to receive the extremity of said pencil; and a tubular, absorbent lining within said cap forming an ink pad completely surrounding said bar, the absorbent surrace o1" said lining facing inwardly and lying in contact with said bar for inlring the type therein.

ALBERT D. CLAGGEI'I'. DAVID M. MILLER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this pa-tent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 300,440 Blitz June 17, 1884 380,349 Reynolds Apr. 3, 1888 677,482 Worthington July 2, 1901 1,957,366 Stockman May 1, 1934 2,456,904 Wahlstrorn Dec. 21, 1948 

